New Olympic stamp from San Marino....

 

 

San Marino Post issued a set of four stamp to mark 30th edition of the most famous world sport event - The Summer Olympic Games.

With this issue stamps, San Marino Post wants to celebrate not only swimming, athletics and trap shooting but also the historical origins of this competition.

On the first stamp, the designer of theses stamps Fontana represented the Olympic torch, one of the symbols of Ancient Greece, when the fire was kept burning for the whole period of the games. The fire was reintroduced in the Olympic games of 1928 and from that year it is part of the opening ceremony.

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LEHFILMPEX-2012

LEHFILMPEX-2012, a philatelic exhibition on CINEMA, was organized by India Post, Chief PMG Jammu and Kashmir Circle as a part of Ladakh International Film Festival. In this exhibition Shri Dipok Dey  displayed 46 frames 736 pages from his Cinema Collection. J & K Postal Circle  issued 3 special covers, a set of Picture Postcards, and  Two stamp  booklets, with  My Stamps .

View  Sp covers and Booklets : http://rainbowstampclub.blogspot.in/2012/06/new-special-covers.html

Special Diary on Swami Vivekananda from GPO Kolkata

KOLKATA GPO has produced a diary ( financial year 2011- 12) dedicated to 150 years of SWAMI VIVEKANANDA, with some rare photographs, extremely rare label celebrating 100 years of Vivekananda and lot of philatelic materials. I have contributed with the philatelic materials. The diary will be for sale from 21 JUNE 2012 from Philatelic counter , Kolkata GPO.

- Souvil Roy – Kolkata

New Special Cover from Shimla…

 

 

 

25 Years of Speed Post - Shimla

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STAMPS EXPO at Chennai

Invites everyone to visit the STAMPS EXPO to be held on 11^th and 12^th of August, 2012 at centrally located Dharmaprakash Hall [non air-conditioned], 10 Raja Annamalai Road, Purasawalkam, Chennai 600084. This is a non-competitive Expo and will open from 10 am till 7 pm on both the days. We hope that this Expo fulfils the long felt need of the Stamp collectors who yearns for a regular Stamp Shows in and around Chennai.

The Stamps Expo will showcase the culture, history, heritage, flora & fauna thro postagestamps. The school children and general public will be treated with these colourful and educative stamps.

There will be limited number of 25 Stamp Dealer Stalls from all over India to cater to the ever growing needs of the stamp collectors. The Dealer Stall will be allotted on first come first allotment basis on payment of Rs. 4,000/- payable to South India Philatelists’ Association. NO FOOD will be served inside the Hall as per the Hall’s management policy. However, there are some good restaurants nearby.

A Philatelic Auction will take place between 3 to 6 pm on Sunday 12^th August 2012 at the Venue. Philatelists who are interested to participate in the Auction for selling their items need to send the materials and their starting bid price at the latest by 2^nd August 2012. The decision of the Auction Committee is final on all aspects of the Rules for Auction and is binding on all the participants.

- South India Philatelists’ Association

41, Perianna Maistry Street,Periamet chenna 600008

Email : sipagold@gmail.com Ph.980645487 Web : www.sipa.org.in

Stamp booklets issued at Ladakh International Film Festival, Srinagar

My Stamp at Stamp of the Past Exhibition  : Indian Heritage in Philately Red Fort 2012

 

 : CG Bhaskar – Chennai; Pradip Jain – Patna; Timir R Shah - Vadodara

New special Cover from Stamp Expo 2012, Patna..

 

 

13 February 2012 : Save Girl – Save Earth

On 13th Feb2012 a special cover on “ Save Girl Save Earth “and a Stamp Booklet on “Save Ganga” was issued during Stamp Expo 2012 Patna.

: :Ashwani Dubey from Patna

 

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My Stamp series listed in Michel Catalogue

 MICHEL Catalogue has listed all 29 stamps of MY STAMP series giving specific numbers to each stamp.The rates are in Euro. MICHEL catalogues are issued from Germany.This News is very important for collectors of Indian stamps, as many collectors  are still confused whether to include these stamps in their collection, or not.

:Shrikant Parikh
www.setenantsofindia.blogspot.com 

Stamp Exhibition in Agra

AGRA PEX 2012

THE FIRST AGRA REGIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION

14 districts covered including AGRA ETAH ETAWAH MAINPURI JHANSI AURAIYA FIROZABAD MATHURA BULANDSHAR MAHAMAYANAGAR ETX

SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS: MY STAMP AVAILABLE AT ALL THREE DAYS, 100 FRAMES ON DISPLAY , DEALER AND COMMERCIAL BOOTH AVAILABLE

DEALAER BOOTH At Rs. 3000/- for the whole exhibition and early entry will fetch  a discount of Rs.500/-

Three special covers to be realeses

1.  Head Post Office Agra

2. Nagarni Prachari Ceneterary set up by madan mohan malviya

3.  Taj Mahal in embossed form all these covers are limited in numbers.......

For more details please contact Ph 0562-2463886,2463315,2851779

: Atul Agarwal - Aligarh

New Pictorial cancellation from Germany

During the philatelic exhibition  on   August 31,2012,a pictorial postmark featuring the bird EURASIAN CURLEW will be issued . Collectors with interest in this pictorial cancellation may contact  Mr. Wolfgang Beyer E MAIL: Wolfgang.Beyer1@polizei.sachsen.de ,member of staff from the German Collector Group ARGE ZOOLOGIE. Postages rates 0,75 Euro AIRMAIL or  2,80 Euro for AIRMAIL/REGISTERED.

New Cards and Booklets from Stamp Expo - 2012,Patna..

 

Stamp Booklets

  

Picture Postcards released during Stamp Expo 2012

 

Note : These are Picture Postcards and not Max Cards as printed on reverse side of these cards.

:Ashwani Dubey from Patna

New Special covers from Bihar…

 

 

Sher Shah Suri  - 12 Feb 2012

Arya Bhatt – 11 Feb 2012

 :Ashwani Dubey from Patna

BIHAR STAMP EXPO 2012 – Day 2

- Pradeep Kumar Mallik, Patna

Day 2 (11.02.2012) of Bihar Stamp Expo 2012 witnessed the release of a Special Cover on ‘Arya Bhatta’; a stamp Booklet on ‘Jainism’ and a set of four Max Cards on ‘Sufism in Bihar’. The guests in honour for this release function were Sri Vijay Kumar, Chief General Manager BSNL Bihar, Sri Varun Kumar Bharthuar, General Manager East Central Railway, Hajipur, Dr. Imtiyaz Ahmed, Director Khuda Baksh Library, Patna and Prof. Anil Kumar Bhaumik, Director Indian Institute of Technology, Patna. Smt Kaveri Bnerji, Chief Post Master General Bihar circle in her welcome address stated that as the year 2012 being the centenary year of Bihar, so India Post has planned to highlight the specialties and cultural uniqueness of Bihar by issuing special covers and Booklets.

Dr. Imtiyaz Ahmed, Director Khuda Baksh Library, Patna in his speech enlightened the audience about Sufism and thanked India Post to choose such subject for Max Cards. Prof. Anil Kumar Bhaumik, Director Indian Institute of Technology, Patna told that in his childhood he was a stamp collector but could not pursue this hobby. He also suggested India Post to find some way to cope with technology in the time of emails and SMSs. Sri Vijay Kumar, Chief General Manager BSNL Bihar highlighted the importance of the hobby of philately   Sri Varun Kumar Bharthuar, General Manager East central Railway, Hajipur in his address stated that India Railways and India post are similar in their modalities, as both of them are having the vast and widespread network and also highlighted the importance of stamps collecting. Sri Anil Kumar director, Postal services proposed the vote of thanks.

The philatelists were found discussing with other philatelist about the exhibits displayed. They utilized the occasion to share their knowledge and experiences of exhibiting.For school children quiz and music competitions were also arranged.

(From Left to Right: Dr. Imtiyaz Ahmed, Director Khuda Baksh Library, Patna; Sri Anil Kumar, Director Postal Services; Prof. Anil Kumar Bhaumik, Director Indian Institute of Technology, Patna; Smt. Kaveri Banerji, Chief Post Master General, Bihar Circle; Sri Varun Kumar Bharthuar, General Manager East Central Railway, Hajipur; Sri Vijay Kumar, Chief General Manager BSNL Bihar & Sri M. Abdali Director Postal Services.)

Release of Special Cover by the distinguished guests

Dr. R. S. Gandhi, the renowned philatelist, leading the guests in honour towards exhibition hall.

New Special Cover

 

Stamp EXPO – 2012 , Patna 

Folk Painting of Bihar

 

Stamp Booklet : Faces of Buddha

:Ashwani Dubey from Patna

Club News

Advertise in “Year Book of Indian Philately”

Dear Friend,

You must have seen a couple of editions of the “Year Book of Indian Philately” and must have liked them. The feedback and responses are very encouraging. We are inspired to do better and more, and trust us, you will find every next issue of the Year Book more informative, more interesting & more preserving. You must also have realized that a lot of hard and sincere work is required to make this happen. Another vital resource which is required for this type of task is the finances.

At the moment we are making all the shortages good by ourselves, but we wish to break-even at the least to sustain the work. Philately is our passion and we do not mind spending for it, but rising costs of production / publication have forced us to look out for the alternates and helping avenues.

In this context we take this opportunity to request you to please look around you and see if any advertisements are available around you or your influences, which can be secured for your favorite publication - the “Year Book of Indian Philately”. This will help us immensely to do further better and to our fullest capabilities for the promotion of this great hobby.

Rates for the advertisements can be sent / negotiated on hearing from you.

We have added a novelty to this request for advertisements. We will provide the advertiser, copies of the Year Book editions (any of his choice), worth equal to the value of the advertisement he provides, (T&C applied). This translates into absolutely no spending on account of the advertisement published in the Year Book. He will have the opportunity to recover the entire cost of the advertisement by selling the copies allotted to him in the process.

Now, is there still any reason to shy away from this “never before” opportunity to advertise in a world class journal?

Do we need to mention here that your advertisement in the Year Book of Indian Philately will reach a large number of serious and capable segments of the Philatelic fraternity the world over and will be preserved as a ready reference for the times to come? In every sense of the word this is an unique & unparalleled opportunity for an advertiser of any reputed product or service, philatelic or otherwise.

It will not be out of context to mention here that every time the Year Book has participated in any competitive exhibition, it has won an award there. Medals at the INDIPEX 2011 at New Delhi, at PHILA NIPPON 2011 at Yokohama in Japan, at CHINA 2011, at Wuxi in China and at SINE 2011, again at New Delhi, are among the latest laurels.

We look forward for a positive, encouraging and prompt response from you.

Thanking you, sincerely,

Madan Middha

Editor / Publisher

For advertisement in “Year Book of Indian Philately” Contact Mr Madan Middha   email : madan_middha@yahoo.co.in